Monday, January 24, 2011

1. Check bank balance2. If lesser than 100 million3. Start book4. Take a slim plot line5. Add characters with physical characteristics that stand out (note to budding authors - make them as physically intimidating and weird as possible6. Introduce seemingly harmless character in chapter 1/2/37. Take a few historical artifacts that are controversial8. Throw into plot as side stories (based on half-baked research)9. Fill pages with random conspiracy theories as sub-plots (works better if narrated in first person by/to Robert Langdon10. Bring all characters to single famous location after some random chase/race against time 11. Reveal character from chapter 1/2/3 as the bad guy 12. end book13. Goto 1